Nuremberg Trials

The Nuremberg Trials were a series of war crimes trials held in the German city of Nuremberg from 20 November 1945 to 1 October 1946 that tried senior Nazi Party officials for crimes against humanity during World War II. The trials were presided over by the Allied Powers, who would oversee the executions of Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Alfred Jodl, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Wilhelm Keitel, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Fritz Sauckel, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, and Julius Streicher; Hermann Goering and Robert Ley committed suicide before they could face trial. Several other Nazi leaders such as Karl Doenitz, Konstantin von Neurath, Rudolf Hess, Walther Funk, Hjalmar Schacht, and Albert Speer would be given prison sentences of varying lengths, with some being released early and some being forced to stay in prison for the full term.